The undersea world is an amazing one. There are countless species beneath the surface, all engaging in fascinating activities that you have to see to believe. Case in point: the dugong. As you’ll see ...

Keeping tabs on the species’ populations is surprisingly hard. A new aerial effort tracks the marks they leave behind A dugong, also known as a sea cow, in a protected marine reserve in the ...

Experience the peaceful and gentle world of a dugong with this intimate close-up video. The footage focuses on the animal's face, highlighting its wrinkled snout and sensitive whiskers, which it uses ...

Numbers of the manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs are steadily dropping in Australian waters around the Great Barrier Reef, per a new report based on 2022 aerial surveys. Among the animals’ ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The Japanese government is ending its search for the dugong, an endangered cousin of the manatee, in waters off Okinawa where a controversial Marine Corps runway is under ...

Janet Lanyon leaps off a red zodiac into the waters of Moreton Bay and swims towards a group of splashing figures in front of her. Moments before, four fit people in rugby helmets launched into the ...

India safeguards less than 15% of its dugong habitats, including those affected by overfishing. A new modeling study suggests expanding the marine protected area (MPA) network to include unprotected ...